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§ 90.13 COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENT.
   Any person operating a commercial animal establishment shall post a visible notice containing the names and phone numbers of persons to be notified in case of an emergency.
(1992 Code, § 91.13) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.14 ANIMAL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS.
   (A)   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      INVISIBLE ANIMAL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS. A transmission of radio signals or electricity from a radio transmitter or other electrical transmitting device, by which a radio receiver or other receiving instrument near the wire is activated by radio signals or electrical impulses therefrom, to cause a noise and/or electrical shock signaling the nearness of the radio receiver or electrical receive to the wire as a boundary or separation of one area from another.
   (B)   Nobody shall cause, promote, permit, aid, assist, allow, encourage or engage in the operation or use of an invisible animal containment system in the city unless:
      (1)   The animal containment system is located at least six feet from any public right-of-way; and is in compliance with side yard setback requirements as set forth in the zoning ordinance;
      (2)   A sign clearly in public view, no larger than four inches by eight inches, identifies the invisible animal containment system to pedestrians within abutting public streets and right-of-way; and
      (3)   A permit therefor has been issued by the City Zoning Administrator.
   (C)   A permit for an invisible animal containment system shall be issued by the City Zoning Administrator upon:
      (1)   A written application therefor, verifying according to law, by or on behalf of the owners of the property for which the invisible animal containment system is proposed, which includes the address or other identification of the property, with a plat of the boundary lines thereof and all public rights-of-way adjacent thereto, indicating the location of the proposed invisible animal containment system thereon and the distance therefrom to all boundaries and buildings on the property and all adjacent public rights-of-way;
      (2)   An application fee of $10 is paid to the city; and
      (3)   The application and the invisible animal containment system proposed thereby is approved by the Zoning Administrator, as being in conformity with the provisions hereof and all other applicable laws and ordinances.
   (D)   The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to all invisible animal containment systems existing within the city as defined by this section, as well as all proposed invisible animal containment systems.
   (E)   Nothing in this subchapter shall be interpreted as the city condoning the use of invisible animal containment systems as a means for the controlling or containing animals.
(1992 Code, § 91.14) (Ord. 19-92, passed 5-28-1992)
§ 90.15 ANIMALS: REMOVAL OF EXCREMENT REQUIRED.
   (A)   No person shall allow an animal under his or her control to be upon public property or upon the property of another, absent the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, without some device for the removal and containment of such animal’s excrement; nor shall any person fail to remove any excrement deposited by any animal under his or her control on public or private property.
   (B)   This section shall not apply to guide dogs under the control of a blind person.
(Ord. 20-90, passed 8-9-1990) Penalty, see § 90.99
DOG AND CAT CONTROL
§ 90.30 DOGS AND CATS TO BE CONTROLLED ON LEASH OR CHAIN; RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED.
   (A)   (1)   It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of any dog or cat, licensed or unlicensed, to permit such dog or cat, at any time to leave or be beyond the premises upon which such dog or cat is usually kept, except when accompanied and controlled by such owner or keeper, or some responsible person acting for such owner or keeper and when so accompanied such dog or cat must be secured by means of a collar or harness, with chain or leash attached thereto, and held by the owner, keeper or person acting for such owner or keeper.
      (2)   In addition, if it is determined that an animal running at large while not being kept securely restrained by a leash or other device, per division (A) above, has not been spayed or neutered, an additional fine of $50 shall be imposed. Such additional fine shall be reimbursed to the animal owner of the animal running at large if animal owner submits written documentation to the city or its designated agent within 30 days of the date of the citation confirming that the animal has been spayed if female or neutered if male. The city may designate an Animal Control Officer as its agent. Such written documentation shall be in the form of a letter from the veterinarian performing the spay or neuter procedure. Such written confirmation shall give descriptive detail of the animal which has been spayed or neutered in such a manner that will allow it to be identified.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any dog or cat, owned or harbored by him or her, to run at large in any area of the city.
(1992 Code, § 91.25) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974; Ord. 03-2012, passed 3-6-2012) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.31 DOGS OR CATS IN SEASON.
   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning or having in possession or control any bitch or female dog or cat, to suffer or permit such animal to run at large in the city while in season or during her proud period.
(1992 Code, § 91.26) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.32 NOISE DISTURBANCE.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or keep any animal of the dog or cat kind which may be loud, or which by loud and frequent or habitual barking or crying, howling or yelping, shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood.
(1992 Code, § 91.27) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.33 LICENSING PROCEDURE.
   The owners of all dogs or cats or those who harbor or maintain such animals in the city shall have such animals licensed and registered with the County Animal Shelter, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and applicable state statute. Licenses shall be issued by the County Animal Shelter. Upon payment, the owner shall be issued a certificate of registration and a license tag, the tag to be attached to the dog’s or cat’s collar and worn by the dog or cat at all times. Fees for the licenses and the like shall be as set annually by the Director of Humane Services with the approval of the County Fiscal Court.
(1992 Code, § 91.28) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.34 RABIES INOCULATION.
   (A)   Any person who shall allow any animal of the dog or cat kind to remain and be lodged and be fed within his or her home, store, enclosure or elsewhere on his or her premises, shall be considered to be harboring an animal within the terms and meaning of this chapter.
   (B)   It shall be the duty of every person who owns or harbors a dog or cat in the city to have such dog or cat inoculated with anti-rabic vaccine by a veterinarian. Failure to so have such dog or cat vaccinated shall constitute and be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to punishment as hereinafter provided. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor a dog or cat in the city unless such dog or cat shall have been inoculated with anti-rabic vaccine as aforesaid.
   (C)   It shall be the duty of each veterinarian, after inoculation of a dog or cat with anti-rabic vaccine, which dog or cat is owned or controlled by a resident of this city, to furnish such person with a certificate in which shall be recorded the name and address of the owner or keeper, the name and age of the dog or cat, and the date upon which such vaccine was administered.
(1992 Code, § 91.29) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.35 SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT.
   Any animal seized or impounded for any reason shall be taken to the County Animal Shelter.
§ 90.36 RABID DOG OR CAT.
   (A)   When it has been charged that a dog or cat is rabid, or has been bitten by a rabid dog or cat, the judge of the appropriate court shall hear proof in order to determine whether or not there is reason to believe that the dog or cat so charged or so bitten is actually rabid, and the Judge may, in his or her discretion, have the dog or cat impounded for observation or order such dog or cat killed. However, the owner or keeper of the dog or cat may make a request in writing that the dog or cat be held by some reliable veterinarian for the proper period of observation, in which event the owner shall agree in writing to pay all charges for holding and observing the dog or cat, the court costs, and all other fees incidental thereto.
   (B)   The court will thereupon deliver the dog or cat to a veterinarian, and the veterinarian will, at the termination of the observation period, make his or her professional report to the court, whereupon the judge shall return his or her findings. Any dog or cat adjudged rabid shall be destroyed immediately by the Chief of Police, or at his or her direction.
(1992 Code, § 91.31) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974)
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